Google's cash cow is headed to pasture, and that spells danger

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Welcome from Australia, where Sydneysiders had to desert the beach this weekend due to an unexpected cold snap. Now that’s the epitome of a first world problem.

And that’s what today’s post is about; Google’s first world problem, and how it’s become so serious, it’s about to become yours.

But before we get to that, let’s begin by saying hi to new subs over the weekend from Google, Yahoo, British publisher National World (including my former employer Exeter’s Express and Echo), Australia’s Nine (which is looking for a new CEO), national broadcaster the ABC, Argentinian radio network Cienradios, European press agency EPA Images, several new sign ups from global ad agency Publicis, Singapore’s DBS Bank, Ted Talks, The Trade Desk, Africa’s News24, games and esports publisher Gamurs, Magnite, Western Sydney University, and The University of Oxford, among others.

And hey again to our new sponsor who helps make all this happen.